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Roll call vote; the motion failed, 5:3, with councilors Pap~, Meisner, and Fart voting in favor. Roll call vote; the main motion passed, 5:3, with councilors Taylor, Meisner and Pap~ voting in opposition. Councilor Meisner left the meeting at 10:50 p.m. VII.ACTION: Financing for a Police Department Forensic Evidence and Property Control Building City Manager Johnson said a motion had been prepared in order to go on to the next step in the process of moving the forensics and property control. He noted that another work session could be prepared if the item needed more discussion. Councilor Kelly, seconded by Councilor Pap~, moved to direct the City Manager to: 1. Schedule a work session after the spring break to discuss the Eugene Police Department Forensic Evidence and Property Control units and to include cost comparisons, site plan, and the PSCC recommendations on co-locations. 2. Prepare a request for Supplemental Budget #3 that will fund this project from the Facility Replacement Reserve. Councilor Rayor raised concern over the costs involved. Mr. Carlson said staff would provide cost comparisons at the requested work session. In response to a question from Councilor Taylor regarding whether the motion would eliminate the possibility of using part of the Facility Replacement Reserve Fund for fire facilities, City Manager Johnson said the second part of the motion would not take the money away but would become a moot point if the funding were spent on fire facilities. Councilor Taylor, seconded by Councilor Rayor, moved to table the motion. Roll call vote; the motion failed, 5:2, with councilors Taylor and Rayor voting in favor. Councilor Kelly called for a cost comparison showing figures until 2010. Councilor Kelly offered a friendly amendment, which was accepted, to add a sentence to the motion that cost comparisons would include comparisons of moving property control and forensics to the new building and back to a future police facility as compared to moving those two units to old Fire Station 1 and then to a future police facility. In response to a question from Mayor Torrey regarding whether a forensics unit and a property control unit needed to be in a facility built to the same standards as the future police facility, Mike MINUTES--Eugene City Council February 25, 2002 Page 12 Regular Session